Funding for research

FINDING FUNDING 3

If you need funding to do research then the International Foundation for Science (IFS) may be willing to support you.

- IFS is non-governmental organisation with a membership of 92 scientific academies and research councils in 79 countries. The Secretariat of the Foundation is in Stockholm, Sweden.

- IFS support enables researchers to purchase equipment, supplies and literature Grants of up to US$12,000 are given, and can be renewed twice.

- IFS can arrange purchase and delivery of equipment on behalf of grantees.

- IFS gives grantees the opportunity to attend regional workshops and training courses.

- IFS awards supplementary travel funds to grantees.

Between 1974 and 1992 IFS awarded grants to 2070 researchers in 92 countries. A list of IFS grants for bee and beekeeping-related research is given below.

REQUIREMENTS

To qualify for possible IFS funding an applicant must:

- be native to a developing country

- hold an academic degree (at least an MSc or equivalent

- be currently employed at university or research institute in a developing country

- be young (normally under 40) and at the beginning of their research career.

The proposed research must be:

- conducted in developing country

- relevant to the needs of a developing country

- on a specific project within the IFS areas which include animal production, crop science, agroforestry, food science, natural products and rural technology

Projects must be relevant to developing countries, and more research-orientated than a transfer of technology.

IFS looks favourably upon proposals which into account the management of natural resources and environmental care. Projects with socio-economic aspects are also considered.

HOW TO APPLY

IFS working languages are English and French, and enquiries are also welcome in Spanish.

If you fit the IFS requirements given above then write for an application form: IFS Secretariat, Stockholm, Sweden.

IFS FUNDING FOR BEE AND BEEKEEPING RESEARCH

Argentina - 1992 - Dr Adriana Alippi - Dynamics and control of American Foulbrood

Argentina - 1988 - Dr Nestor Fernandez - Research on non-reproductive females of Varroa jacobsoni

Benin - 1992 - Mr Sénou Kokoye - A study of melliferous plants in the Atacora district

Costa Rica - 1992 - Dr Jorge Lo S - Genetic diversity and racial admixture in Africanized honeybees

Ghana - 1989 - Mr Stephen Adjare - Managing the African honeybee

Ghana - 1991 - Mr Kwame Aidoo - The development of an appropriate hive for honeybees in Ghana

Mali - 1983 - Dr Mahamadi Dicko - Comparison between different types of bee hives for rural adaptation in Mali

Mexico - 1988 Mr Carlos - A Echazarreta comparative study of drone reproduction in Africanized and European honeybee colonies

Mexico - 1999 - Mr José Quezada E - Admixture between Africanized and European bees from feral and manged colonies

Nepal - 1985 - Ms Maskey Meera - A study of nectar and pollen yielding plant resources in the Kathmandu valley

Philippines - 1987 Dr Cleofas Cervancia - Insect pollination in selected vegetable seed crops

Sudan - 1986 - Mr Paul Lokadito - Beekeeping

Venezuela - 1988 Dr Lourdes Almeida - Analysis of foraging behaviour and of some responses related defensive behaviour of honeybees

Vietnam - 1988 - Mr Pham Van Lap Selection for the production of Apis cerana queen bees